It’s Official, Arizona Will Be Voting On Recreational Marijuana This November

Arizona Secretary of State certified the petition to legalize marijuana for recreational use on Thursday this week. This officially places the petition, also known as Proposition 205, on the state’s ballot to face a vote this November.

The initiative to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol if passed, would allow adults over the age of 21 to posses up to an ounce of marijuana. It would also allow Arizona adults to be able to consume and use the substance in private. Proposition 205 would allow adults to grow up to six marijuana plants in the privacy of their own homes as well.

The proposition would establish a department in Arizona to oversee the production and sales of recreational marijuana.

Marijuana sales would be taxed 15% and the additional marijuana tax revenue would go to schools and educational programs.

Submitted in June, the initiative announced that it was told Wednesday that proposition 205 had enough signatures to make it on the fall ballot.